Time Is One Of M. Night Shyamalan’s Most Misunderstood Movies

M. Night Shyamalan is one of my favorite directors. His cinema seems to me to be an absolute genius, even if the critics insist on not valuing him correctly. Despite the fact that Knocking on the Door, released in 2023, was a small success and that the press finally appreciated it, with Tiempo there was not the same fate: the filmmaker faced the worst reviews of his career and the audience left the rooms with a ‘WTF’ face.

For this reason, I think it’s time to claim Time and invite you to enjoy this film on Prime Video. If you like movies that make you think and puzzles that seem impossible to solve, you might like this feature film. But let’s not rush… Is it really worth watching Time on Prime Video? What are your successes and what are your mistakes?

Time synopsis, cast and trailer, by M. Night Shyamalan

During a vacation in a tropical paradise, a family begins to perceive that temporary anomalies are occurring on the secluded beach chosen to relax for a few hours… All of its members and certain guests of the hotel where they are staying are facing an account very dangerous and unknown reverse.

Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Kreps, Rufus Sewell there Thomas McKenzie are the protagonists of Timeone of the last films of M.Night Shyamalan and it is already available on First video for all subscribers.

Tiempo is a film with very successful moments

Time’s hits and misses (and why watch it on Prime Video)

Shots

I applaud the decision make Time a movie set in one place. This beach and its surroundings manage to keep all the mystery for the almost two hours that the film lasts and puts all the characters to the limit. And if we talk about riddles, it is obvious that Tiempo’s storyline is made to make you think like never beforewhile questioning everything that happens on the screen.

The casting is also very successful, starting with Gael Garcia Bernal and ending with Thomas McKenzie, one of the biggest revelations of recent years. Some secondaries are below, but it’s not their fault either: They do not have the same notoriety nor the same possibilities of exhibition.

Errors

End times is the most disappointing thing I can remember, an explanation that is inconsistent with the plot that had been explored for the previous hour and a half. It is true that sometimes an unexpected ending is good news. Even if I didn’t like it at all, my partner was crazy about it, so for the tastes, the colors.

Prime Video Movie Time
The protagonists of Tiempo are sublime

It also doesn’t help that some situations feel forced throughout the sequence. Despite the good script work, the feeling that the script is not quite what we are used to in the cinema of M.Night Shyamalan.

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